Dog's Hide Found Draped Across Sign

December 6, 1991

PAISLEY — Leesburg Humane Society officials are offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for skinning a dog and draping its hide over a tree limb.

The hide of white fur with black spots was hung above a bright green sign seeking information about a lost dog in the area, said Dr. Barbara Shorr of Paisley, a member of the society who made the discovery Wednesday afternoon.

Shorr said she purposely stopped at the sign to gather more information about the missing dog. When Shorr got out of her car and noticed the dog's hide, she said she was shocked, angered and horrified. She immediately called the Humane Society to report the incident.

Neither Shorr nor Jan Hochbruckner, the Humane Society's shelter manager, could determine when the dog had been killed. No carcass was found at the scene, Shorr said.

Although the dog's hide didn't match the sign's description of the missing animal, Shorr said it was a ''cruel and sadistic thing to do.'' This weekend, Shorr and her husband, Dr. Jack Shorr, plan to bury the hide, she said.

Anyone with information should call the Leesburg Humane Society at 669-3312, Hochbruckner said.